Reteaching
Name
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Problem Solving:
Multiple-Step Problems
Kyle hiked 10 miles on Saturday. He hiked half as many miles on
Sunday. How many total yards did Kyle hike?
1.What am I asked to find?
1. Total yards hiked
2.What is the hidden question?
2.Number of miles hiked on Sunday
3.What is the answer to the
hidden question?
3.5 miles
4.What else do you need to do?
4. Convert from miles to yards
Solve.
Think: to convert from larger units to smaller units, use multiplication.
You know 1 mi 5 1,760 yd. How many yd is 10 mi?
How many yd is 5 mi?
How many yd is 15 mi?
So, Kyle hiked a total of
1.Mental Math Kendra biked 10 kilometers on Monday. She biked twice that
many km on Tuesday. How many total meters did she bike? What hidden
question do you need to answer? Show your work.
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Practice
Name
13-7
Problem Solving:
Multiple-Step Problems
Answer the hidden question or questions. Then solve.
1. Isabel took 24 minutes to run around the track 6 times.
John took 3 minutes to run around the track once. Which
student was running faster?
2.Nancy is saving $2 from her allowance every week. Marco
is saving $1 the first week, $2 the second week, $3 the third
week, and so on. At the end of 10 weeks, who will have
saved more money? How much more?
3.For every 3 cans of vegetables purchased, you get 1 free
can. Tessie went home with 32 cans of vegetables. How
many did she have to pay for?
A 32
B 24
C 16
D 8
4.Writing to Explain Badal has 120 cm3 of water. He wants to
pour it into a rectangular vase that is 4 cm high, 4 cm wide,
and 5 cm long. Can he pour all the water into the vase? Explain.
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